As long as they keep swapping wins while walking through everyone else then they'll keep rebooking them. Only Reem or possibly JBJ once he puts on that weight has a chance as stopping that from happening. I don't see any other HW giving them much of a problem, unless Werdum really starts to believe in his striking I guess.

Tap In - Only if JDS wins, which isn't likely. A fourth fight is bound to happen eventually between two guys, but I don't think anytime soon. Edgar said he's open to fighting Gray again, it may be that one

What if JDS loses the 3rd fight but then wins 2 or 3 fights in a row against top guys? can you see either of them going to 205?

Death Beast - As long as they keep swapping wins while walking through everyone else then they'll keep rebooking them. Only Reem or possibly JBJ once he puts on that weight has a chance as stopping that from happening. I don't see any other HW giving them much of a problem, unless Werdum really starts to believe in his striking I guess.

Tap In - Only if JDS wins, which isn't likely. A fourth fight is bound to happen eventually between two guys, but I don't think anytime soon. Edgar said he's open to fighting Gray again, it may be that one

What if JDS loses the 3rd fight but then wins 2 or 3 fights in a row against top guys? can you see either of them going to 205?

I dunno man, like you said we've never seen it before so it's hard for me to think it would happen. I don't think 155 was a huge ppv success or anything either. If it was Brock vs. GSP and did 2 million ppv buys, I'm sure they'd book 5 of them. Maybe if Mexico continues to grow they'll do one in Mexico city, and one in Brazil, those would probably be successful down there. So I guess 4 isn't out of the question.

I don't think either of them can make 205, which is an interesting caveat of the heavyweight division, no place to go but down

Tap In - Only if JDS wins, which isn't likely. A fourth fight is bound to happen eventually between two guys, but I don't think anytime soon. Edgar said he's open to fighting Gray again, it may be that one

What if JDS loses the 3rd fight but then wins 2 or 3 fights in a row against top guys? can you see either of them going to 205?

I dunno man, like you said we've never seen it before so it's hard for me to think it would happen. I don't think 155 was a huge ppv success or anything either. If it was Brock vs. GSP and did 2 million ppv buys, I'm sure they'd book 5 of them. Maybe if Mexico continues to grow they'll do one in Mexico city, and one in Brazil, those would probably be successful down there. So I guess 4 isn't out of the question.

I don't think either of them can make 205, which is an interesting caveat of the heavyweight division, no place to go but down

If JDS wins the next one and Cormier is unsuccessful at 205 (either loses to JBJ or can't do cut safely) then he'd have a shot at beating JDS as well. Werdum's striking isn't bad, he just doesn't believe it in it vs. other strikers IMO. Or maybe he was just scared of getting Uberkneed

Death Beast - If JDS wins the next one and Cormier is unsuccessful at 205 (either loses to JBJ or can't do cut safely) then he'd have a shot at beating JDS as well. Werdum's striking isn't bad, he just doesn't believe it in it vs. other strikers IMO. Or maybe he was just scared of getting Uberkneed

I think JDS was doing really well before that huge right Cain landed in the first. He shouldn't have had his hands down and he shouldn't have laid off Cain whenever he missed a shot but overall he looked good. Landing jabs and defending takedowns. After Cain hit him hard Junior was clearly beyond rocked for the rest of the fight, and couldn't offer much.

But even as rocked as he was, he was defending takedowns and taking all the punishment Cain could offer.

I don't think Junior needs to improve his wrestling to beat Cain again (although improvement wouldn't hurt) he just needs to fight smarter and come in with incredible cardio to match Cain's pace. I'm definitely not saying a third fight is a guaranteed win but I am giving Junior a better shot than most are, I think I'd even pick him.

Anyway my point is I think junior will come back stronger and the third fight would look nothing like the second even if Cain wins. If Junior makes it a close fight or wins, a fourth match would be almost inevitable as neither guy will likely lose to any other heavyweight.

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